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Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad – Uses of Local Stone

(Located near Soledad, Monterey County, California)

Former Soledad Mission & Shop Grounds

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The photographs in this section are a continuation of our walk through the original mission site and shop areas. At this point, we’re about halfway from the Soledad Mission buildings and the area in the back where the old mission walls and shops were once located. You will find more information and photographs of the “Reconstruction and Archeology” on the Soledad Mission web site. (These photographs were taken in late May 2012. Peggy B. and Pat Perazzo.)

Memorial fountain in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Memorial fountain in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Memorial fountain in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA

 

Soledad Mission Memorial Fountain (1975)

 
Plaque on the memorial fountain in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Part of the memorial fountain in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Part of the memorial fountain in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA

(See below for a partial transcription of the memorial plaque above.)

 

Closeup photos of the rocks used as a part of the memorial fountain

(transcription of memorial plaque above) “This fountain is reverently dedicated as a tribute to our pioneer founders, the departed advisors and members of this committee and to our devoted native daughters, their families and friends, throughout the state of California. For valued support in the preservation and restoration of Historic Landmark No. 233....”

Part of the memorial fountain in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Part of the memorial fountain in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA

Closeup photos of the rocks used as a part of the memorial fountain

 
Grist Mill site in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Grist Mill site in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Grist Mill site in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA

Site of the Grist Mill

 

Site of the Grist Mill

“Here grain was ground into meal and later prepared and served to the Mission Indians as part of their daily diet.”
Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Grist Mill site in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA
     
Grist Mill site in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA

 

Remains of stone workshop foundations

 
Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA
     

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